North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing to move across state lines to Minnesota

North Dakota is one of many states that have trigger laws on the books aimed to ban abortion now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. The law will go into effect 30 days after it is certified by the state’s attorney general.

Once this happens, the plan for the clinic is to move across state lines to Moorhead, Minnesota, according to Kromenaker.

The space for the new clinic is located just across the Red River, about 15 minutes from its current location.

As of Saturday afternoon, more than $500K has been donated, surpassing their goal. “It’s beyond humbling and heartening to know that there’s that level of support,” Kromenaker said.

Friday was supposed to be a regular day, but when news broke everything changed for Kromenaker and her staff.

“I saw the news on my computer and one of the staff members screamed, we cried and became very angry,” Kromenaker said.

Coincidentally, phone lines then started ringing with patients calling to make appointments.

“I had to pull myself together and set up these appointments,” Kromenaker said. “It was a surreal, ironic moment.”

Kromenaker says over the past few months they’ve already had an influx of patients from South Dakota and Minnesota due to facility closures and staffing issues.

“The decision was devastating but to see this level of support come in reaffirms for me what I already knew, that the vast majority of people support abortions,” Kromenaker said.

For states like Kentucky, Louisiana, and South Dakota, trigger bans have already gone into effect.